Sackville

Sackville

English

Etymology

Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).The civil parish is named after the town.

Proper noun

Sackville (countable and uncountable, plural Sackvilles)

1. A surname from Norman.
2. A civil parish of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
3. A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Sackville is the 142122^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 159 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sackville”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.